San Francisco County Biographies
HON. FRANK M. ANGELLOTTI
Transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant
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Began the practice of law more than forty years ago,
and his career brought him advancement to the post of chief justice of the
California Supreme Court. He has spent all of his life in the San Francisco Bay
District. He was born at San Rafael, California, September 4, 1861, son of
Giuseppe and Frances L. Osgood Angellotti. His father was a native of Italy, and
his mother from the State of Maine. Judge Angellotti attended private school and
the Lowell High School in San Francisco, graduating in 1879. He studied law with
Judges Darwin and Murphy of San Francisco, and also attended the Hastings Law
School, from which he graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1882. Admitted to the bar by
the State Supreme Court, he began practice in his native Town of San Rafael. In
November, 1884, he was elected district attorney, filling that office six years,
and in November, 1890, was chosen judge of the Superior Court of Marin County,
one of the youngest men ever chosen to this responsible office. He served on the
Superior bench for twelve years, until 1903. In January, 1903, he went on the
Supreme bench as an associate justice, and in 1915 became chief justice of the
California Supreme Court. Judge Angellotti resigned November 15, 1921, and has
since been engaged in private practice. His learning and practical wisdom has
been written into many of the most important decisions of the Supreme Court.
Judge Angellotti is general counsel for the Western Pacific Railroad Company. He
is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and was grand master of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of California in 1898 and 1899.
He married, December 27, 1884, Miss Emma C. Cearley, of California. Their
daughter, Marion Polk Angellotti, a native of San Rafael, has earned some
notable distinction as one of California�s authors. She served as a volunteer
canteen worker with the American Red Cross, 1918-19, being with an evacuation
hospital during the Saint Mihiel offensive, and with the Army of Occupation in
Germany. Her best known books are "Sir John Hawkwood," "The Burgundian,"
"Harlette," "The Fire-Fly of France" and "The Three Black Bags."
Source: "The San Francisco Bay Region" Vol. 3 page 311-312 by Bailey Millard.
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924.